[ab.surd] adj [MF absurde, fr. L absurdus, fr. ab- + surdus deaf, stupid] (1557) 1: ridiculously unreasonable, unsound, or incongruous
2: having no rational or orderly relationship to human life: meaningless; also: lacking order or value
3: dealing with the absurd or with absurdism -- ab.surd.ly adv -- ab.surd.ness n
[2]absurd n (1946): the state or condition in which human beings exist in an irrational and meaningless universe and in which human life has no ultimate meaning--usu. used with the